Chris Moise
Chris Moise | |
|---|---|
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 13 Toronto Centre | |
| Assumed office November 15, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Robin Buxton Potts |
| Succeeded by | Curran Stikuts |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | New Democratic |
Chris Moise is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ward 13 Toronto Centre on Toronto City Council following the 2022 Toronto municipal election.
Political career
He previously ran as an Ontario New Democratic Party provincial candidate for Oak Ridges in the 1999 Ontario general election and for Brampton West—Mississauga in the 2003 Ontario general election, and as a federal New Democratic Party candidate for Brampton West in the 2004 Canadian federal election.
He ran for election to the Toronto District School Board in the 2014 Toronto municipal election, losing to incumbent trustee Sheila Ward; following Ward's death in office in 2016, he won the resulting by-election. In the 2018 Toronto municipal election, he initially registered to run for city council as a candidate in Ward 25; however, after the provincial government of Doug Ford passed legislation cutting the size of the city council in half by aligning ward boundaries with provincial and federal electoral district boundaries in the city, which would have pitted him against incumbent Ward 27 councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam in the new Ward 13, he withdrew from the race and ran for another term on the school board, winning re-election.
In the 2022 Toronto municipal election, Moise was elected to represent Ward 13, Toronto Centre, on city council, receiving 10,457 votes (48.5%). Nicki Ward finished second with 3,940 votes (18.3%).
In December 2023, Moise tabled a motion that ultimately renamed Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square, a Ghanaian term from the Akan people, referring to the act of reflecting on and reclaiming teachings from the past.
In April 2025, Moise brought a motion to City Council that would make it more difficult for non-profit organizations to obtain temporary liquor licenses for one-off events. The text of the motion notes that it is targeted at suppressing "rave parties". The motion inspired a swift backlash and large petition from the Toronto electronic music community. Moise withdrew the motion on 23 April 2025.
On March 21, 2026, Moise was found by the Toronto Integrity Commissioner to have violated the code of conduct for city councillors during an incident that occurred on January 16, 2025, in which he dismissed a constituent, Daniel Tate, as having “a white supremacy view” in response to a question about what the councillor planned to rename in 2025.
On October 26, 2026, Moise lost his re-election bid to Curran Stikuts, who received 11,877 votes (28.6%); Moise received 9,690 votes (23.4%), and Daniel Tate finished third with 6,288 votes (15.2%).
Personal life
Moise is a Black Canadian, and openly gay.
Electoral history
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curran Stikuts | 11,877 | 28.62 | – |
| Chris Moise (X) | 9,690 | 23.35 | −25.13 |
| Daniel Tate | 6,288 | 15.15 | – |
| Walied Khogali Ali | 3,368 | 8.12 | – |
| Nicki Ward | 2,610 | 6.29 | −11.98 |
| Joe Cadeau | 2,431 | 5.86 | – |
| Victoria Davis | 2,127 | 5.13 | – |
| Morgan Harris | 1,057 | 2.55 | – |
| Tom Cai | 907 | 2.19 | – |
| Norman MacLeod | 681 | 1.64 | – |
| Cleveland Marshall | 462 | 1.11 | −0.74 |
| Source: City of Toronto. | |||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Moise | 10,457 | 48.48 |
| Nicki Ward | 3,940 | 18.27 |
| Caroline Murphy | 2,625 | 12.17 |
| Colin Johnson | 1,087 | 5.04 |
| Dan Cortez Manalo | 1,055 | 4.89 |
| Miguel Avila | 1,049 | 4.86 |
| Ryan Lester | 648 | 3.00 |
| Cleveland Marshall | 400 | 1.85 |
| Dev Ramsumair | 307 | 1.42 |
| Source: City of Toronto. | ||
| Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|
| Chris Moise (X) | 18,244 |
| Olivia Labonté | 5,575 |
| David Oliver | 3,746 |
| Aaron MacGregor | 3,360 |
| Susan Gapka | 2,595 |
| Jooheon Lee | 2,310 |
| Kate Frischkorn | 2,104 |
| Fos Ashkir | 1,960 |
| Arnella Renda Tarantino | 1,889 |
| Ted Crysler | 1,474 |
| Mahbubul Alam | 1,318 |
| Alamgir Muhammad | 1,313 |
| Baquie Ghazi | 510 |
| Source: City of Toronto. | |
| Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|
| Chris Moise | 2,177 |
| Li Koo | 1,677 |
| Mahbubul Alam | 575 |
| Krista Taylor | 462 |
| Bob Phillips | 252 |
| Adam Faux | 242 |
| Erica Kelly | 175 |
| Rutul Sharma | 150 |
| Kuga Kasilingam | 114 |
| Michael Guenther | 96 |
| Herb Love | 82 |
| Leeann Dusome | 48 |
| Source: City of Toronto. | |
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sheila Ward (X) | 17,543 | 41.46 |
| Chris Moise | 15,220 | 35.97 |
| Murphy Browne | 6,576 | 15.54 |
| Michael Guenther | 2,974 | 7.03 |
| Source: Campaign for Public Education. | ||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Colleen Beaumier | 21,254 | 45.4 | |||||
| Conservative | Tony Clement | 18,768 | 40.0 | |||||
| New Democratic | Chris Moise | 4,920 | 10.5 | |||||
| Green | Sanjeev Goel | 1,603 | 3.4 | |||||
| Independent | Tom Bose | 371 | 0.8 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,916 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 2003 Ontario general election: Brampton West—Mississauga | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Vic Dhillon | 28,926 | 46.18 | +8.95 | $84,782.33 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Clement | 26,414 | 42.17 | –13.70 | $108,691.97 | |||
| New Democratic | Chris Moise | 5,103 | 8.15 | +1.81 | $7,336.30 | |||
| Family Coalition | Paul Micelli | 1,122 | 1.79 | – | no report filed | |||
| Green | Paul Simas | 811 | 1.29 | – | $1,000.06 | |||
| Freedom | John G. Purdy | 266 | 0.42 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 62,642 | 99.12 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 555 | 0.88 | –0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 63,197 | 50.84 | –0.40 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 124,317 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +11.32 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario | ||||||||
| 1999 Ontario general election: Oak Ridges | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Klees | 30,432 | 59.99 | |||||
| Liberal | Vito Spatafora | 17,427 | 34.35 | |||||
| New Democratic | Chris Moise | 1,957 | 3.86 | |||||
| Green | Steven Haylestrom | 914 | 1.80 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,730 | 99.31 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 354 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,084 | 56.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 90,319 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Francine Kopun, "Meet the new faces on Toronto City Council". Toronto Star, October 24, 2022.
- ↑ "Elections Ontario Results". Elections Ontario.
- ↑ "Elections Ontario Results". Elections Ontario.
- ↑ "Liberals sweep Brampton ridings". Brampton Guardian, June 29, 2004.
- ↑ Terry Davidson, "TDSB has its own issues; School board has made headlines for a myriad of constroversies (sic)". Toronto Sun, October 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Toronto Centre-Rosedale voters elect Chris Moise in trustee byelection to replace former board chair Sheila Ward". City Centre Mirror, June 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Council races could shift city's direction". Toronto Star, May 1, 2018.
- ↑ Isabel Teotonio, "TDSB poised for major turnover: 'Change can be positive,' about half of board will feature new faces". Toronto Star, October 23, 2018.
- ↑ "Declaration of Results for the 2022 Toronto Municipal Election" (PDF). City of Toronto. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
- ↑ Centeno, Daniel (October 25, 2022). "Toronto Votes 2022: Chris Moise elected as new Ward 13 councillor". MetRadio.
- ↑ Ramkhalawansingh, Ceta (2024-06-30). "I was on the advisory committee to rename Yonge Dundas Square. Here's where it all went wrong". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- ↑ Spurr, Ben (2025-05-12). "How Olivia Chow intervened to change course on renaming Dundas Street". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- ↑ Bowden, Olivia (December 14, 2023). "Toronto's Yonge–Dundas square is being renamed. Here's what it'll be called — and why". CBC News. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ↑ City of Toronto. "Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas Square)". toronto.ca. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
- ↑ Toronto City Council Agenda Item History Item - 2025.MM29.5
- ↑ Michael Lawson, "In Toronto, a new motion threatens to stifle the rave scene". Resident Advisor
- ↑ Chamandy, Aidan (23 April 2025). "Councillor withdraws motion to crack down on raves after community pushback". Village Media. TorontoToday. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ↑ "Toronto councillor violated Code of Conduct, integrity commissioner finds". ctvnews.ca. March 21, 2026.
- ↑ Chamandy, Aidan (October 27, 2026). "Curran Stikuts pulls off upset in Toronto Centre, knocks off incumbent Moise". TorontoToday.
- ↑ Kirolos, David. "City of Toronto - City of Toronto Elections Result". electionresults.toronto.ca. Retrieved 2026-10-27.
- ↑ Rob Salerno, "Chris Moise elected to Toronto school board". Xtra!, June 21, 2016.
- ↑ "General Election Results". City of Toronto. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Declaration of Results for the 2022 Toronto Municipal Election" (PDF). City of Toronto. October 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Clerk's Official Declaration of Results for the 2018 Municipal Election" (PDF). City of Toronto. October 25, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Toronto District School Board Ward 14 By-election Clerk's Official Declaration of Results" (PDF). City of Toronto. June 21, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- ↑ "2014 Trustee Election Results". Campaign for Public Education. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- ↑ "2003 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ Ontario. Chief Election Officer (2003). 2000, 2001, 2002 By-Elections / 2003 General Election: Election Summaries with Statistics from the Records (Report). Elections Ontario. ISSN 1183-0565.
- ↑ Ontario. Chief Election Officer (2005). Annual report of the Chief Election Officer of Ontario under the Election Finances Act for the year 2003 (Report). Elections Ontario. ISSN 1492-7888.
- ↑ "1999 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ Ontario. Chief Election Officer (2000). Annual report of the Chief Election Officer of Ontario under the Election Finances Act for the year 1999 (Report). Elections Ontario.
- ↑ "1999 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)". Elections Ontario. 2000. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.
 | This article about an Ontario politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |